Does B73 flood?

Yes — parts of the B73 district carry real flood risk: 11 of its 19 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B73 postcode district covers Sutton Trinity, close to Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, Water Orton, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

19 postcodes in the B73 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 11 high, 2 medium, 6 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which B73 postcodes are at risk?

B73 6DR up to High B73 6DS up to High B73 6DT up to High B73 6DU up to High B73 6DW up to High B73 6DX up to High B73 6DY up to High B73 6DZ up to High B73 6EA up to High B73 6EB up to High B73 6ED up to High B73 6DJ up to Medium B73 6DL up to Medium B73 6DH up to Low B73 6DN up to Low B73 6DP up to Low B73 6EF up to Low B73 6EG up to Low B73 6ES up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B73

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 6.3 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Perry Park on the River Tame — 7 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Hints on the Bourne Brook — 7.8 km away, highest on record 2.28m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 8.3 km away, highest on record 3.11m

429 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (60 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B71 B75 B70 B76 B69 B77 B68 B78

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.